Chicago · Licensed family home
Pratts, Mary L
At a glance
- Mid-size family home, licensed for up to 8 children.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 4 of its 6 licensing inspections since January 2013.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Jan 29, 2026Nothing cited
- Jan 27, 2025Nothing cited
Feb 5, 20187 citations
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
School Age Children
School Age Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(1)
Application for License
Application for License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1)
Application for Renewal of License
Application for Renewal of License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
Jan 8, 201610 citations
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(m)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(d)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(i)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(k)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a)
Jan 31, 201417 citations
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(4)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(1)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(2)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(3)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(j)(4)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(2)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(4)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(5)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(6)
Jan 24, 201312 citations
Provisions Pertaining to the License
Provisions Pertaining to the License
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(19)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(20)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(23)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(o)
Substitutes
Substitutes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(1)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(2)
Records and Reports
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(3)
The state cited rules at 4 of this home's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times had more: 69% of 328 had rules cited at 5 or more.
How all 328 Chicago-area family homes inspected 6 times compare
Of the 328 Chicago-area family homes the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 61%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 69%
- 4 of 616%This home
- 5 of 625%
- All 644%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- January 29, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since January 2013 — 2 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 5, 2018. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.
Feb 2018 Monitoring visit 7 findings
Monitoring visit · February 5, 2018
Application for License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.4(b)(1) · Violation corrected
Application for Renewal of License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.5(e) · Violation corrected
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(5) · Violation corrected
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
School Age Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.21(d)(1) · Violation corrected
Records and Reports
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(f) · Violation corrected
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.
0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453569 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2016 Monitoring visit 10 findings
Monitoring visit · January 8, 2016
Records and Reports
7 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) through (k) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(b) · 406.24(c) · 406.24(d) · 406.24(e) · 406.24(i)(1) · 406.24(i)(3) · 406.24(k)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) through (m) · Violation corrected · Violation corrected on site
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(a) · 406.9(m)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12(b)(3) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453569 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2014 Monitoring visit 17 findings
Monitoring visit · January 31, 2014
Health, Medical Care and Safety
8 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) through (j)(4) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.14(c)(1) · 406.14(c)(2) · 406.14(c)(3) · 406.14(c)(4) · 406.14(j)(1) · 406.14(j)(2) · 406.14(j)(3) · 406.14(j)(4)
Records and Reports
6 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(1) through (6) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(e)(1) · 406.24(e)(2) · 406.24(e)(3) · 406.24(e)(4) · 406.24(e)(5) · 406.24(e)(6)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12 through (b) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.12 · 406.12(b)
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8 · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453569 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2013 Monitoring visit 12 findings
Monitoring visit · January 24, 2013
General Requirements for Day Care Homes
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) through (23) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.8(a)(6) · 406.8(a)(19) · 406.8(a)(20) · 406.8(a)(23)
Records and Reports
4 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) through (e)(3) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.24(c) · 406.24(e)(1) · 406.24(e)(2) · 406.24(e)(3)
Characteristics and Qualifications of the Day Care Family
2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) through (o) · Violation corrected
89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.9(n) · 406.9(o)
Provisions Pertaining to the License
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.6(k) · Violation corrected
Substitutes
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 406.11(c) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 453569 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (773) 778-5212
- Address
- 2857 W 55th St, Chicago, 60632
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "PRATTS, MARY L" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 453569).
- License — Checked October 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "PRATTS, MARY L" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 453569).
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "PRATTS, MARY L" under Provider Name and 60632 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 453569).
Mid-size means licensed for 8 children, the size at least half of Chicago-area’s 3,344 licensed family homes hold. Small is 2 to 7; larger is 9 to 12.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.